Chapter 730: The Spider in Luofeng Ridge

August 16, Monday, evening, Takeda’s house in Luofengling, living room.

In addition to Takeda Yuzo, there was a family of four, a middle-aged couple, and a pair of seven or eight-year-old cute twin girls. I was introduced as Takeda Shinichi's second brother Takeda Ryuji, his wife Takeda Yoko, and two daughters Saei and Emi. They live in Tokyo. They came back to visit the grave on August 15th and stayed for a few days by the way. .

Takeda Ryuji said: "Brother, we did not send this letter."

"Really?" Takeda Shinichi said, "That's really strange."

He Ye smiled and said, "Sarong, Emi, hello, you are so cute."

"Hi sister." Sarong and Emi said together.

Robert asked: "Sarong, Emi, do you miss me?"

"No, you murderer." Sarong and Emi said together.

Takeda Yoko said angrily: "Saei! Emi! How did mom tell you, apologize quickly."

"Wow! Mom is so scary." Sarong and Emi ran away together.

"Sorry, Robert," said Yoko Takeda.

"No." Robert sighed. "It was really my fault."

"It's not your fault." Yoko Takeda sighed, "It's my two daughters' fault."

"Murderer?" Maori asked, "Excuse me?"

"After I retired from the army, I traveled around to relax. When I came to Japan three years ago, I encountered a mudslide in the nearby mountains. It was Miss Misa who found me who was dying, sent me to the hospital, and took good care of me. Slow down Slowly, I fell in love with the beautiful and kind-hearted Miss Misa, but I couldn’t speak Japanese at the time, so I could only write Roman letters on paper to communicate with each other. Lovely came to ask me what I wanted, and I said in English that Miss Meisa is the sun in my heart, and I hope to marry a brilliant and dazzling bride." Robert said, and then said with some pain, "Who knows them, alas!"

Takeda Ryuji said: "Robert wrote a letter to greet him after returning to China, and we told him about Miss Misa's death. He hurried over and compared the two, and only then did we know the reason."

"Sarong and Emi were still young at the time, and they didn't understand what Robert was saying. They just passed on the transliterated words, and those words were not expressing admiration, but cursing and making people die." Yoko Takeda lamented Said, "As a result, Misa couldn't think about it for a while...and Saei and Emi found out the meaning of what they conveyed from the dictionary, and since then they have determined that Robert is the murderer."

"So that's the case." He Ye said regretfully.

Takeda Yuzo said: "I'm sorry, Robert, when you first came back, I thought it was you and broke your nose."

"It's nothing, it's all over." Robert said, and then said to the four Maori, "I know the nature of you detectives, I tell you this in the hope that you will keep this secret, and don't let Sarong and Emi know."

Mao Li smiled quickly: "Yes, yes, please rest assured, we will never say anything."

Takeda Shinichi said: "Okay, Robert, take advantage of the time before dinner, you go to see Misa first."

"That's right," said Robert. "Please lend me the car, Mr. Yusan."

"The key is in the car," Takeda Yuzo said.

"Then I'll go first, see you later.

said Robert.

"Mr. Mori, please come with me, let's talk in the study." Takeda Shinichi said, "Ryuuji, greet Mr. Hattori for me. Yoko, I will trouble you to host the dinner. Yuzo, you go and clean up the studio. "

"Okay." Mori took Yamazaki to the study with Takeda Shinichi. ...

study.

After Takeda Shinichi, Mori, and Yamazaki sat down separately, a housewife in her thirties came and served tea for the three of them, and then withdrew. During the period, she introduced herself as Shiotani Miyuki.

Takeda Shinichi said: "Mr. Mori, please come here this time, please help me find the murderer who killed my friend."

"To tell you the truth, I have already heard about the matter of your mansion from Mr. Oshima at the village office." Maori said, "If it is to solve the mystery of the secret room, I can do my best, but to catch this murderer, a How can you ask me to help you, a foreign prisoner? Or, Mr. Shinichi, you have concealed something from the police."

"Ha..." Takeda Nobuichi said with a smile, "As expected of a Mori detective."

"Where, where." Maori asked, "but can I know why?"

"Because this murderer may be a member of my family." Takeda Shinichi said, "I want to persuade him to surrender."

"So that's it, I understand." Mao Li smiled, and then asked, "Mr. Shinichi said so, is there any proof?"

"No, just intuition." Takeda Shinichi said.

Mao Li asked: "So, can you tell me what happened on the day of the incident? Where did you go, what did you do, and have you been together all the time?"

"That day, eight of us went to Daiyo Tottori Square in front of Tottori Station in Tottori City. I went to meet a friend to talk about things. My mother, Ryuji and Yoko's family of four, Yuzo and Shiotani first went shopping together. , and then separated. It was the Tottori Festival that day, my mother, Shiotani, Ryuji and Yoko’s family all said that they went to see Umbrella Dance, and Yuzo said that he had a drink at a restaurant in the square.” Takeda Shinichi said, "When we came back together, we found that the door of the warehouse that was supposed to be locked was open. When we went in, we found that the door on the second floor was locked. We thought there was something wrong, so we broke open the door."

Maori asked: "How can Mr. Negishi be at your house when you are not at home..."

Takeda Shinichi said: "He stayed at my house drunk the night before, and Cong is my good friend, so I am very relieved."

"I see." Maori asked, "Then, did you know that he smoked narcotics?"

"I know, I tried to persuade him, but it didn't work." Takeda Shinichi said, "Mr. Mori, don't ask me about this matter. I turn a blind eye to this matter and never ask Ah Cong asked, so I don’t know anything about it.”

"Sorry." Maori asked, "So, Mr. Shinichi, who do you think the murderer is?"

"I believe that my mother will not be the murderer, and Shiotani who is with her will not be the murderer, and Yoko will not be the murderer if she wants to take care of the child." Takeda Shinichi said.

"Mr. Yong San who drank alone, and Mr. Long Er who said he was with his family." Mao Li said.

"That's right." Takeda Shinichi said, "They are my brothers anyway, so, Mr. Mori, if there is any result, please let me know and I will handle it."

"I see." Mori said, then looked at Yamazaki.

"Excuse me, Mr. Takeda Shinichi, is the door of the room locked from the inside?" Yamazaki asked.

"Yes." Takeda Shinichi said, "So the police suspected that he was using my warehouse to meet someone, and even suspected that it was me. Fortunately, I have an alibi."

"Excuse me, Mr. Shinichi, why do you think Hattori was invited by Mr. Ryuji and his wife?" Yamazaki asked.

Takeda Shinichi said: "My third brother is a rough man, he can't think of this."

"Mr. Shinichi, can you tell us about Robert, how much do you know about him?" Yamazaki asked.

"Robert?" Takeda Shinichi said with a smile, "He can't be the murderer, he had no motive to kill Cong at all, and as you have seen, he just came here today."

Thinking of Robert's sense of danger, Yamazaki said: "I just heard that he is a veteran, and I'm curious to find out."

"I only heard that he participated in the Gulf War and traveled around after retiring from the army. I don't know anything else. Since Misa passed away, he will come to worship her every August 15th." Takeda Shinichi said, "That's all."

"Thank you, I have no problem." Yamazaki said, thinking at the same time, traveling around to relax, does he have battlefield syndrome or something? ...

Afterwards, Takeda Shin and Moori and Yamazaki went to the scene, and Hattori followed.

The result of the investigation is the same as the police report. There are many ways to hang Satoshi Negishi, but the traces have been erased, and there is no way to confirm it. ...

Night, rain, living room.

Seeing the dinner in front of them, Sarong and Emi shouted: "Mom, why do Sarong and Emi only have half a fish?"

Yoko Takeda said: "I'm sorry, I bought fish according to the number of people in the morning. I didn't expect so many customers to come, but three were missing."

"Well, if that's the case, just this..." Kazuha was about to give Saei and Emi his fish, but was snatched away by Hattori with a chopstick.

Hattori took a bite of the fish, "If you don't want to eat fish, give it to me."

He Ye said helplessly: "I said you..."

"Give them mine." Yamazaki and Robert picked up the fish, and Robert put it down again.

Knowing that he saw what he was doing, and afraid that Sae and Emi would not accept him, Yamazaki put the fish in front of Sae and Emi, and then smiled at Robert, who spread his hands and returned a helpless smile.

"Saei, Emi, thank you brother." Takeda Yoko said to Saei and Emi.

"Thank you brother." After Sarong and Emi thanked each other, they began to share the fish enthusiastically.

"You're welcome." Yamazaki smiled. ...

Late night, heavy rain, guest room.

Hattori, Yamazaki, and Mori slept in a row, and Kazuha went to another small guest room. Because Maori's snoring was too lethal, he was exiled to the frontier, and Yamazaki and the two were also self-exiled.

Yamazaki didn't sleep, listening to the sound of rain outside, while thinking about his mind, ever since he stepped into this Takeda family mansion, he had a strange feeling, not a feeling of danger, but a feeling of depression for no reason.

Suddenly, Yamazaki's body tensed up, and there was danger. It felt like a gun ready to fire at any time, but in this situation, it could only be a sniper rifle facing him from the outside.

So it turned out that I stepped into the territory of a spider waiting for its web, and now it was time for the spider to eat. Thinking of the danger I felt from Robert, I thought it was just because he had been on the battlefield, but I didn’t expect it to be more than that , it seems that Miss Misa's death was not just an accident of misinformation.

At this time, Yamazaki felt that the muzzle of the gun was not aimed at him, and sat up, but the feeling of being aimed at came back. Thinking of the camera, he smiled helplessly, thermal imaging equipment, so he tidied up the pillow, fell asleep again.

After a while, Yamazaki felt the muzzle of the gun move away again, so he turned his head and called Hattori softly.

After a while, Hattori responded, "What are you doing..."

"Sniper rifle, keep quiet, don't move." Yamazaki said in a low voice.

Hattori woke up suddenly, and quickly turned sideways to Yamazaki and whispered, "Are you serious?"

"It should not be changed." Yamazaki whispered, "He may still have thermal imaging equipment, so don't mess around."

"You mean Robert?" Hattori asked in a low voice.

Yamazaki said in a low voice: "Now I know who sent you the entrustment letter, and I also know the reason why you came here."

"Now I also know who is looking for me." Hattori asked in a low voice, "But what did he want me for? Kill me?"

"Looking for you as a hostage." Yamazaki whispered, "If I'm not wrong, he planned to kill everyone here, and then concocted a scene. It happened that there was only one family here, and it happened that the heavy rain made the mountain road difficult to walk. There is a mudslide. And if something goes wrong, I will use you, the son of the head of the Osaka Police Headquarters, as a hostage."

"What!" Hattori was taken aback, and asked in a low voice, "He has already done it?"

"I don't know, although I haven't heard the gunshot yet, but it's raining too much." Yamazaki said in a low voice.

"Kazuha!" Hattori said, turning around and trying to sit up.

"Calm down, I guess he will do it in the early morning." Yamazaki whispered, "If you stand up now, you will definitely attract his attention, maybe you will force him to do it early."

"Damn it!" Hattori whispered angrily.

"Don't worry, do me a favor now." Yamazaki whispered.

"What?" Hattori asked softly.

"Come here, lay your body sideways, and bend over to sleep." Yamazaki said in a low voice.

"You want me to pretend to be two people?" Hattori asked in a low voice, "Can you be sure that the thermal imaging equipment can only see a rough cross-section when he is above our heads?"

"Everyone in this family sleeps in this direction. For the convenience of shooting, only this direction is the most likely." Yamazaki said in a low voice, "As long as you are covered with a quilt, you should not be able to tell whether there is a person inside."

Hattori asked in a low voice, "Are you sure you won't be discovered?"

"It's a gamble, as long as you leave the room, under the cover of the heavy rain, it is possible to lower your body temperature and avoid detection." Yamazaki said in a low voice, "And his surveillance range should only be this big house, as long as there are many people inside , he won't find out."

Hattori asked: "He should be in the bushes in the front yard in front of this big house, but with such heavy rain and such dark sky, how sure are you that you will find him?"

"If you're not lucky, the odds are definitely higher than yours." Yamazaki laughed softly, "So just stay here honestly."

"Okay." Hattori said softly.

"Well, let's approach slowly, we must be slow, and pretend to be asleep." Yamazaki said in a low voice, "Don't worry, we still have a lot of time."

After more than an hour, the two rolled together, and Hattori bent over to expand his section and cover him with a quilt. With Hattori's cover, Yamazaki lay on the ground and reversed the orientation of his head and feet, kicked the ground, quickly left Hattori, and then broke the wooden wall with one punch, creating a big hole with several punches.

"Be careful." Hattori said softly.

Yamazaki changed from lying on his back to prone, and gave Hattori a thumbs up without looking at it, then climbed into the courtyard and fell into the cold stagnant water, accepting the baptism of the heavy rain.

After a while, Yamazaki didn't feel the danger, and understood that the most important part of the plan was completed, so he changed from lying prone to lying on his back, then kicked the ground with his feet, walked towards the outside of the big house with hands and feet, and then drew an arc towards the front of the big house. Go ahead.

Soon after, Yamazaki stopped, changed from lying on his back to prone again, and slowly crawled from the side to the bushes in the middle of the front yard while listening carefully.

After a while, Yamazaki heard some shortness of breath, and then found a man dressed in black, but the blond hair indicated that he should be Robert. He was lying on the ground with a hood next to him, and a small Awning, under which is a rifle, and a camera.

It seems that it was not planned, but luck. He stopped monitoring later, and Yamazaki stood up, "Robert."

"Who?" Robert was taken aback, and immediately rushed to the gun to get the gun, but the gun was kicked away by Yamazaki.

Robert rolled on the spot, took out the dagger on his leg, then stood up and stabbed Yamazaki's heart with the dagger, but Yamazaki cut his wrist with a hand knife.

Yamazaki kicked the falling dagger away, then took a step back to distance himself from Robert, "I don't want to hurt you, Robert, stop, let's talk about it? Even if you kill them, your Miss Misa will not come back to life .”

"What do you know!" Robert yelled, "My Misa was killed by them, and everyone in this family deserves to die." He punched Yamazaki in the eyes as he spoke.

Yamazaki grabbed Robert's gloved fist, then pushed Robert back two steps, "Calm down, Robert, take a deep breath, a deep breath."

Robert took a few deep breaths, "You are Maori detective's assistant, what do you want to tell me?"

"Come on, come in with me, your action this time is obviously impossible to complete, isn't it?" Yamazaki asked back.

Robert thought for a while and sighed, "Okay."

"I didn't intend to call the police." Yamazaki said with a smile.

"Oh? Really?" Robert cheered up, "Thank you so much."...